Heaton Hall & Orangery - Manchester

LOOKING FOR: Animals & Farms, Historical, Parks & Gardens
ADDRESS: The Farm Centre
Manchester City Council
Manchester
POSTCODE: M25 2SW
AGE GROUP: All Ages
TELEPHONE: 0161 773 1085
WEBSITE: CLICK HERE
Heaton Hall & Orangery - Manchester
The house that had stood on the site of the present Heaton Hall since the late 17th century would have been very old fashioned when its 21 year old owner Sir Thomas Egerton (later 1st Earl of Wilton) married Eleanor Assheton of Middleton in 1769. Three years later Sir Thomas commissioned a fashionable architect named James Wyatt to design a new home for his young family.

The Animal Centre is open:

School holidays: Good Friday  - September
10.30am  - 6.30pm

Term Time: Good Friday - September
10.30am - 4.30pm

September - March:
10.30am - 3.30pm

The Farm Centre/Stables Courtyard opens daily from 9am: Closing at 6pm in the summer, and 3.30pm in the winter.

Meet the animals:

JADE THORNTON - A Guernsey Heifer
HEATHER - A Beef Shorthorn Cow
PICACHU, MANICHU & ICEMAN - Our 3 Alpacas
BORIS & HORACE - Kune Kune Pigs
KATRINA - Our Saanen Goat
CAMILLA & CHARLES (and their ducklings) - Call Ducks
GORDON - Chinese Gander Goose

We have a number of RABBITS, GUINEA PIGS and POULTRY.

We also have a flock of HEBRIDEAN SHEEP, which bring a flavour of the wild Scottish moors.

There is also a themed play area in the Animal Centre.